“The banality of guilt is that it is such a convenient substitute for responsibility. It's so much easier to beat your breast than to stick your neck out.”

“To grumble about the world and its unhappiness is always easier than to beat one's breast and groan over oneself.”

“It's easy to run to others. It's so hard to stand on one's own record. You can fake virtue for an audience. You can't fake it in your own eyes. Your ego is your strictest judge. They run from it. They spend their lives running. It's easier to donate a few thousand to charity and think oneself noble than to base self-respect on personal standards of personal achievement. It's simple to seek substitutes for competence--such easy substitutes: love, charm, kindness, charity. But there is no substitute for competence.”

“Blaming is so much easier than taking responsibility, because if you take responsibility … then you might be to blame.”

“Someone needs to take that stick out of your ass and beat you with it”

“Hands on your breast can keep your heart beating.”